Analysis: Why Twitter apologized over NBC Olympics flap
Well, you might not have heard about it from us, but by now you're likely familiar with the tale of British journalist Guy Adams and the controversy surrounding his suspended Twitter account. The Independent correspondent posted a number critical missives regarding NBC's Olympic coverage, one including the corporate email address of an executive at the network. Shortly there after his page went down. Adams has since had his account reinstated, but Twitter felt it necessary to clear the air about the circumstances regarding the temporary blockage. When the company's Trust & Safety receives a complaint that personal information is being distributed, its policy is to temporarily suspend the offending account. NBC Olympics president Gary Zenkel filed such a complaint, and the social network now admits it was at the behest of members of its team working closely with NBC on its Olympic coverage. That, it acknowledges, was a mistake. Twitter says it does not actively monitor anyone's account and that the Trust
Analysis: Why Twitter apologized over NBC Olympics flap
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The microblogging site Twitter has been so abuzz about NBC's tape-delayed coverage of the Olympics that the #nbcfail hashtag was created last week as a way to consolidate ...
Fri 3 Aug 12 from Reuters Technology
NBC critic is back on Twitter
Guy Adams, the Los Angeles-based journalist whose Twitter account was suspended after blasting NBC over its Olympics coverage, is tweeting again after being reinstated on the site.
Wed 1 Aug 12 from CNN
Satirical Twitter Account @NBCDelayed Is The Best Part Of NBC?s Olympics Coverage
If you've grown sick of these NBC/Olympics stories, too bad! We have nearly two weeks of Olympics and their respective tape delays left. I don't even want to count how many hours of delayed ...
Wed 1 Aug 12 from TechCrunch
Twitter admits mistake in reporter case
LONDON (AP) -- Twitter is acknowledging a mistake in how it handled a tweet by a Los Angeles-based journalist that included the email of the NBC Olympics president....
Tue 31 Jul 12 from AP
Twitter responds to suspended reporter controversy, explains Trust & Safety policies
Well, you might not have heard about it from us, but by now you're likely familiar with the tale of British journalist Guy Adams and the controversy surrounding his suspended Twitter account. ...
Tue 31 Jul 12 from Engadget
Twitter apologizes for encouraging NBC to file complaint against journalist
Twitter has outlined the policy behind its decision to suspend the account of journalist Guy Adams and has apologized for what it calls "unacceptable" proactive flagging. ...
Tue 31 Jul 12 from The Verge
Twitter reinstates British journalist after outcry
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc reinstated a British journalist's account on Tuesday and apologized after an outcry over his suspension for posting an NBC-Universal executive's email address on the ...
Tue 31 Jul 12 from Reuters Technology
Twitter Apologizes For Conflict Of Interest, Pointing Out Olympics Tweet To NBC
Twitter posted an explanation and apology on their blog regarding the Guy Adams/NBC debacle. "That said, we want to apologize for the part of this story that we did mess up," the post reads.
Tue 31 Jul 12 from TechCrunch
Daily Report: Twitter Learns a Lesson
Both Twitter and NBC have apologized to Guy Adams, a British newspaper reporter for The Independent, for suspending his account after he criticized Olympic coverage. The incident may be a defining ...
Wed 1 Aug 12 from Bits NY Times
Twitter promises not to rat on users again after NBC tweet leak
Twitter has apologised for messing up after a journalist was suspended when he tweeted an NBC exec's email address.The apology comes hidden away within a blog post outlining Twitter's trust ...
Wed 1 Aug 12 from Techradar
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